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Matinee: 'Heirlooms'
28 December 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
So we're pleased to present the 584th in our series of Saturday matinees today: Heirlooms.
This 2:32 video walks you through a professional framing.
It was produced by Michael Newman who died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm in 2012 in his South Pasadena home.
Newman studied at The San Francisco Art Institute and Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree studying both cinematography and photography. He focused on educational photography for clients like National Geographic Education, The Weekly Reader, Parade Magazine and book publishers like McGraw-Hill.
In the video we see a large print of a child's portrait roll out of an inkjet printer, get a protective spray applied, be trimmed to size, have a ragged edge torn, have a mat cut and applied to a background panel on which the print is carefully laid.
Then comes the gold frame, assembled from four pieces using specialized framing equipment, its corners touched up. The frame is sealed, bumpers attached and hangers as well.
And then it is hung on the wall.
It's a tribute to Newman, of course, but also to professional framers. Our brother-in-law George, whom we lost two years ago, was one such. He showed us the ropes and we've nicely framed a number of prints since. Heirlooms indeed.
These days we understand that the expense of a professional framer, not to mention a studio portrait, is extravagant. As is most skilled manual labor (take plumbers for example).
But nothing quite compares.